Combined hook fastener tape and slide fastener stringer



R. J. ROSEMAN July 13, 1954 COMBINED HOOK FASTENER TAPE AND SLIDE FASTENER STRINGER 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed Sept. 27, 1951 ll ||N.... qlflwlill II'IIIIII I Il :Il

5 km2?? Ruff/1H@ Edif/m July 13, 1954 R. J. RosEMAN COMBINED HOOK FASTENER TAPE AND SLIDE FASTENER STRINGER Filed Sept. 27, `1951 A2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented July 13, 1954 OFFICE coMINED HooK FASTENER TAPE AND SLIDE rAs'rENEn Simmern i Richard .f I. Roseman, Newark, N. J. Application 'september 27, 1951 Serial No. 248,547

(Cl. 2 24s) 2 Claims.

yIn the manufacture of certain garments, for example corsets and girdles, the edges -of openings in the garment are provided with'slide fasteners fordrawing said edges together or releasing them to' close and open the corresponding n garment openings,l respectively and hook and CY@ .tapes are assciated with the slide fasteners for preliminary securing said garment edges toesther preparaten' to the'closing-operation of the Slide fastener. The hook fastener tape gen- @rally comprises a multimly strip of fabric secured hystitnhing to one Stringer tane .0f the slide fastener and having Wire hooks fastened ultiem! byV tht? sam# Stthes that attach the strip t0. the Stringer tene- Initially one end of the lStringer tape extends beyond the slide .fastener elements that are secured to one edge of the-tape in the usual manner and the corresnomiins end 0f the nook fastener tane is usually co-extensive in length with said projecting end of the Stringer tape. In vapplying the Stringer tape to the gar-ment, it has been customary to fold said end portion of the Stringer tape into a position atrght angles to the main portion of the tape so as to be coincident with the edge of the garment t9 which the fastener is applied, and it is desirablel that the portion of the hook` fastener tape on said folded portion of the Stringer tape be removed both for improving the appearance ofthe garment and to avoid the bulk that would be incident to the folding of the Stringer tape andthe hooi; fastener tape together.

The present invention'contemplates the provision of a combination fastener of the character described wherein the hook fastener tape shall be secured to the Stringer tape in a novel and improved manner, so that the portion of the hook fastener on the extended portion of the Stringer tape can be easily and quickly removed before the folding of the tapes and without injury to the stitching which might cause subsequent loosening of the hook fastener tape from the Stringer tape; and whereby there shall be 4a minimum bulk or number of layers of material at the fold.

Other objects, advantages and results of the invention will be brought out by the following description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevational view of the inside of a girdlehaving a combined slide fastener and hook and eye fastener of the type vhereinbefore described, the slide fastener and hook and eye fasteners being shown in partially open position;

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary elevational view of a portion'of one Stringer tape of the lSlide fastener and the hook fastener tape stitched thereon in accordance with the invention;

Figure 3 is a similar view showing the excess portion of the hook fastener tape removed;

Figure 4 is a rear elevational View of the Stringer tape and hook fastener tape as illustrated in Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a similar view of the tapes as illustrated in Figure 3;

Figure 6 is a fragmentary elevational view of one side of the Stringer tape folded preparatory to attaching it to a garment;

`Figure 'l is a similar View of. the other side of the Stringer tape;

Figure 8 is a transverse vertical sectional view on the plane of the line 8-8 of Figure 6;

Figure 9 is a fragmentary elevational view of one side of a Stringer tape folded in a different manner from that Shown in Figure 6;

`.Figure 10 is a vertical sectional view on the plane of the line |0710 of Figure 9; and

Figure 11 is a similar View showing the edge of the folded end portion turned 'away from the fastener elements and Stitched to the main portion 0i the Stringer tape- Jspecifi,tally describing the illustrated einbodf ments 0f the invention, the reference characters A and i3 designate respectively the. two esige portions Qf a garment, such as a girdle, at a closure opening of the garment Secured t0 the edge portions A and B are the respective slide fasiene!" Swinger @3R95 C mit?? .had/'e COOPGaing fastener elements I secured along their edges and engageable and disengageable by a slider 2 for connecting and disconnecting, respectively, the edge portions A and B of the garment to close and open the garment opening. This structure so far is old and well known.

A wire fastener tape E having eye fasteners 3 thereon is secured to the inner or rear side of one edge portion of the garment to cooperate with a hook fastener tape F secured to the edge portion of the garment and having hooks 4 to cooperate with the respective eyes 3 for preliminarily drawing the garment edge portions together preparatory to the closing operation of the slider 2. p

The invention is directed to a method of attaching the hook fastener tape F to the Stringer tape D of the slide fastener. Initially one end portion 5 of the Stringer tape projects beyond the Stop la at one end of the row of fastener elements I as best shown in Figure 2. The two tapes are run through a sewing machine with the hook fastener tape F in superposed relation to the stringer tape D and the two tapes are stitched together and the hook fastener elements l are secured to the hook fastener tape F in a continuous operation by a line of stitches 6 that runs along the inner edge portionof the hook fastener tape and includes tying stitches 'I for securely attaching the hooks to the tape.

In accordance with the invention, at a point adjacent the stop Ia on the slide fastener Stringer, the line of stitches is offsetas indicated .at 8 and run off the hook fastener tapa-being then continued parallel to but spaced from the edge of the hook fastener tape to the extremity of the stringer tape as indicated at 9. The end portion Iii of the hook fastener tape beyond the olfset 8 in the stitching, is thus unstitched and free from the Stringer tape D.

When it is desired to apply the assembled tapes to the garment edge portion, the free end portion It of the hook fastener tape isY cut away as indicated at I I, and it will be noted that this cutting operation can be effected without in any way affecting the line of stitches. Accordingly there is no danger of the stitches loosening or pulling out in such a manner as to permit the hook fastener tape to become detached or loosened from the Stringer tape.

Then the extending end portion of the stringer tape is folded into a position at right angles to the main portion-of `the tape as shown in Figures 6 and '7, the extendedv end portion of the tape being shown inFigure 6 in its initial condition by dot and dash'lines' and being shown in folded position by solid lines. With this method and construction,` it will be seen that there are a minimum number of layers of fabric at the fold and the hook fastener tape does not appear on the folded end portion of thestringer tape, as will be seen from Figures 1 and 7.

A modification of the invention is shown in Figures 9 to' l1 inclusive. Instead of being folded on the bias as shown in Figures 1 to 8 inclusive, the extending end portion I2 of the Stringer tape G is simply folded against the side of the Stringer tape on which the hook fastener tape is secured. The marginal portion ofthe folded end portion I2 is turned away from the fastener elements I as indicated at I5 and said turn back portion I5 and the folded end portion I2 are secured to the main portion of the stringertape by stitches I4. l v

` It will be understood by those skilled in the 4 art that the folded end portions of the Stringer tape can be secured to the main portions in any suitable manner, other` than the stitches, but for the purpose of illustration the stitches I3 are also shown for securing the folded end portion 5 of the tape shown in Figures 1 to 7 inclusive.

In actual commercial manufacture of the combined slide fastener Stringer tape and hook fastener tape, a plurality of series oflfastener elements will be arranged along the Stringer tape in a continuous operation and the hook fastener tape will be stitched to the stringer tape along the whole length ofthe latter, the stitches running off thegedge of the hook fastener tape at the desired points with respect to the several series of fastener elements I.

While the now preferred form of the invention has been illustrated and described, it should be'understood that the steps of the method may be modified and the invention may be utilized inlother types of tapes, all within the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim:

' 1. An article of manufacture, comprising a slide vfastener Stringer tape having a series of fastener elements on one longitudinal edge thereof and a slider stop' at one end of said series of fastener elements and distinctly spaced from the corresponding end of said Stringer tape, a hook fastener tape superposed on said Stringer tape with one end approximately` coincident with said sliderstop, and a line of stitches penetrating said hook fastener tape and said Stringer tape adjacent one edge of' said hook fastener tape, said line of stitches 'havinga lateral portion running across said edge of the hook fastener tape short of said end of said hook fastener tape and continuing along only said Stringer tape several stitches beyond said lateral portion of the line 'of stitches.

2. An article of manufacture as defined in claim 1 wherein the end portion of said Stringer tape beyond the corresponding end of said hook fastener tape is folded upon the main portion of the Stringer tape land in superposed relation to said end of the hook fastener tape, with the addition of means penetrating and securing together saidv folded end portion ofthe Stringer tape and said hook fastener tape.

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